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- Fall of Rome (476A.D.)
- How could we let our lives come to this?! We had it all!
- How could we let our lives come to this?!
- The Rise of the Byzantine Empire (476A.D.)
- Haha, look how corrupt they are. We are so much better!
- Emperor Justinian (527A.D)
- I shall claim back the land that’s it rightfully ours!
- After the Pax Romana, Rome entered an era of hardship. Nothing was going their way. They had series’ of weak emperors, large trade imbalances, and a weak military.
- The Justinian Code (528-529A.D.)
- 1.The Law Code2.The Digest3.The Institutes4.The Novellae
- As opposed to the Western Roman Empire, the Eastern Roman Empire was still very strong. Their capital, Constantinople, was a wealthy trade city.
- The Hagia Sophia (537A.D.)
- This church is beautiful!
- About 50 years after the fall of Rome, Byzantine Emperor Justinian came to powerand began reconquering Roman territories.
- The Division of Christianity pt1(1054A.D)
- I am the Pope, the one who must give you all authority as Christians.
- The Justinian Code was a reform of the Byzantine Code. The Justinian Code had 4 components: the law code, the digest, the institutes, and the novellae. It was written on a wall like the one above.
- In addition toexpandingthe empire creating a uniform set oflaws, Emperor Justinian also began large building projects.He ordered the construction of the Hagia Sophia to show the importance ofthechurch.He also built hospitals,aqueducts,public baths,schools, courts.
- Because of the distance lack of contact between Byzantine Empire Western Europe, Christianity developed differently. Christians in Western Europe believedthat there should be a Pope to oversee bishops andgive authority to all Christians
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